sometimes my I'M AN UNGIRLFRIENDABLE FREAK alarms go off

They reverberate throughout some parts of DC too. (er, for myself, not for you)

Though a cute girl I know (who rides a motorcycle and is a firefighter--how hot is that??) did ask for my phone number last night! Except I think the girl sitting on her lap most of the night was her girlfriend, so I don't think she's planning to ask me OUT using that phone number...

you'll WISH your mom would come and stroke your hair and pick you up and wrap you in fleece and make you go to sleep for 2 hours in the middle of the day!

No KIDDING!!

You took membership in a martial arts secret society that demanded celibacy, didn't you? To strengthen your chi, right?

The secrets of ita, revealed!

The kid with the videocamera was the son of another embassy officer. it turns out that they made the tape vanish so it couldn't be used as evidence.

Holy shit. That is seriously seriously uncool.

Most of them against the kid who was beaten up. Because he's Jewish, and his father is a liberal.

Oh my god. I would so be going around kicking peoples' asses. (Which is, um, why I'm not a diplomat...)

Oxford would be very lucky to have you, vw. And if you go, I have a good friend and Buffy fan working there. She'll take you to tea!

My old college roommate (lj user=darthfox) is there also! Though as seen by the name, she's more of a Star Wars fan (and a curler!) than a Buffy sort.

Meanwhile, at work, I am starting on a new project (which isn't terribly thrilling in some respects (like happening in San Antonio) but is OK in others (some of the start-up stuff is neat)). BUT, the doc in charge is going to MAKE ME CRAZY. He's a freak, and annoying and SLOWWWWWW--he's horrible in meetings, the exact opposite of me. And I had my first meeting trying to *accomplish* something today, with him (we were reviewing and changing a form) and OMG I nearly killed him, and it wasn't even my work he was criticizing. I saw my manager afterward, and was like OMG and she kinda laughed adn was like "Yeah, it'll be good for you? Good luck?". OY.

I have a work-related whine, but I'm starting to get paranoid that someone will find it here, so I'll just say whaaaaaaa.

t /whine

Yeah, I worry a little about that too, libkitty, but I never go to b.org from work, so I'm figuring I'm safe. (LJ, otoh...well, I friendslock it, but since I go there at work, they could likely break in and know...)

Ah, well. Here I am at work, so I guess I'll err on the side of caution, even though I don't wanna.

Perhaps we can just offer you a generalized "They're all asshats and you are absolutely right," libkitty.

Thanks! It's funny, but that actually helps.

Betsy, are you sure he's losing it? Sometimes it's playground extortionists (AKA Bullies) taking it for themselves, and the kids are too embarrassed to tell their parents.

Signed, BTDT, I loved my parents, but feared the bullies....

If it's not bullies, sometimes a kid who has suddenly gotten real good at a subject will get singled out and is embarrassed by the singling out. "Losing" the notebook can be a quick way to subvert the process.

I'm not saying these are likely, or indeed that I know your child. However, I do recall childhood rather vividly and there may be more than one explaination for the sudden pattern.

You took membership in a martial arts secret society that demanded celibacy, didn't you? To strengthen your chi, right?

Yeah, if that's the case, where's my damn chi?

Second interview went well.

Still not for the job I originally applied for, and not for the job I was referred for, nor the job they asked me to come in for interviewing today, as the person I was going to interview with today was in a big meeting.

I'm supposed to call Tuesday afternoon if I don't hear from them by then.

I can't find my tax info from last year. I need my 2004 W2's...... I am tearing my hair out - this is not good.